Played at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Kandivali, U/16 Matunga and U/16 Kandivali team took on each other where in U/16 Matunga team batted first on a track which is technically good for the batsmen.
However even on a decent track like this, U/16 Matunga team collapsed in the 1st innings with 42runs all out in 34 overs with only one batsmen scoring in two digits. Suryansh Shedge and Kevin Chitania took 3wkts each while off spinner Nishant Kadam bagged two wickets in a rather collectively good bowling perfomance.
On the other hand U/16 Kandivali team were off to a flying start with Nishant Kadam opening the innings with with a scorching half century while it was Jash Ganiga and Ayush Jethwa who stitched an unbeaten 269 runs stand between themselves to completely take the game away from Matunga boys. Jash who opened the innings scored a handsome 150* off 195balls laced with 25fours while Ayush on the other hand scored a sublime 132* off 150deliveries which had 21fours and a six taking the team total to 349/1 in 67 overs before they declared. Matunga were again bundled out for 87runs as Kandivali team won the match outright on the back of these two supremely talented boys while Ayush continues his terrific run with the bat.
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Played at the Parsee Gymkhana Ground, Abbott Healthcare and SS Travels took on each other for a exciting T20 clash where in Abbott Healthcare won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a big total on the back of their strong batting line up.
Batting first, the openers fell early with Abbott’s scorecard showing 2down for 14runs but it was their talented duo of Shantanu Chaudhary and Ishan Mithbavkar who stitched a 97ball 165runs stand between themselves taking the team total to 179/2 in 20overs. Shantanu smashed one of the most fastest and scorching tons of the tournament smashing 111* off mere 53balls at a superb strike rate of 225.00 laced with 11 fours and 5sixes. On the other hand, Ishan played the supporting role with a fluent 59 off 51balls giving great support to Shantanu who simply lit the ground and entertained one and all with his blazing ton.
Chasing 180, SS Travels were restricted to only 130/7 as the Abbott bowlers did a fantastic job of bowling tight with Rahul Chavarkar taking 3wkts. Rahul was impressive with the ball while the rest of the bowlers also did a good job.
Abbott Healthcare won the match in a commanding manner by 49runs as Ishan and Shantanu stole the show while Shantanu was rightly declared ‘man of the match’ for his brilliant century.
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It was the all-important finals between KRP XI and Merry Youngsters where in KRP XI won the toss and elected to bat first at the Parsee Gymkhana Ground.
KRP XI batting first were in deep trouble at one point with 5wkts down for 72runs but as always KRP’s most dependable player Rakesh Naik came in and resurrected the innings back with a match winning 104 off 92 balls at no.7 smasing 10fours and 4sixes to completely change the momentum from the opposition to his team’s favor. Rakesh confidently dominated the bowlers as he took the team total to 236/10 in 44.5 overs. Merry Youngsters bowlers did a really good job with the ball with three of their bowlers taking 2wkts each.
KRP XI successfully defended their score by restricting Merry Youngsters to 185/10 in 10.3 overs with Vishal Kavaiya once again impressing with 3/25 with his left-arm spin while all-rounder Rakesh Naik also chipped in with 2wkts too.
KRP XI won the finals and become the winners of Kanga Knockout Tournament (Group C) on the back of Rakesh Naik’s excellent century at the middle order while the whole team has played really well together throughout the season.
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Played at the Sainath Sports Club, U/16 Goregaon Team and U/16 Dahanu+PDTSA+Chinchani took on each other where in U/16 Goregaon Team won the toss and elected to bat first as Goregaon team has a very balanced and strong batting line up.
Batting first, Goregaon team notched up 326/1d in 73.5overs as openers Vedanta Gadia and Moksh Vanjari (82) gave a flying start with a 244run opening stand. On the other hand Vedant went on to convert his good start into a swashbuckling double ton smashing 203* off 228balls. Vedant as always looked supremely confident and dominating hitting 34boundaries and covering almost every corner of the ground with his wide range of strokes. Vedant has been piling runs heavily this season and he is definitely one of the most promising openers right now in U/16 category of Mumbai cricket.
U/16 Dahanu+PDTSA+Chinchani team were all out for 118 and then 97 in the 2nd innings on the back of left arm spinner Aman Manihar’s twin 5wkt hauls. Aman took 5/18 in the 1st innings and 5/32 in the 2nd innings impressive the selectors with his excellent bowling. U/16 Goregaon team won the match outright on the back of Vedant’s double ton and Aman’s 10wkt haul.
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Played at the Police Gymkhana Ground, it was the all important finals of the grueling and hard bought Kanga Knockout Tournment Div A where Catholic Gymkhana and United Cricket Club stood out from so many teams with their consistent perfomance.
United Cricket Club batted first on a wicket which had equal assistance for both the batsman as well as the bowlers. United CC managed to score a decent 222/8 in 45overs which is not a low total but neither an intimidating one with Shubham Gaikwad and Nihal Joshi top scoring with 40’s. From the bowlers Manoj G and Omkar Sawant bowled well taking 3 and 2wkts each.
Chasing 223, Catholic Gymkhana were off to a flying start with their openers Ashish Gharat(47) and Sandeep Agarwal taking the onus of chasing on their shoulders. Sandeep went on to score a match winning 82 off 98balls laced with 7fours and 3sixes which solidified the chase and changed the momentum in his team’s favor. Eventually they chased down the score comfortably with Sanjeev Raut (33*) and Prashant Gajare (43*) finishing off the chase successfully.
Catholic Gymkhana win the finals and win the Kanga Knockout Tournament on the back of great team perfomance throughout the season while Sandeep stood out in the finals with his crucial 82.
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Played at the DY Patil Ground Nerul, DY Patil and Parsee Gymkhana-two of the strongest teams in Mumbai cricketing circuit took on each other for the ultimate finale where in Parsee Gymkhana won the toss and elected to bat first.
Batting first, Parsee Gymkhana were on song with a massive 247run stand as opners Akarshit Gomel and Bravish Shetty smashed brilliant tons. While Akarshit scored a fluent 145 off 182 (13fours,1six), Bravish scored an aggressive 145 off 134 laced with 12fours and 5sixes. It was one of the best starts any team could vouch for as these two experienced chaps delivered on the right day while Raunaq Sharma at the middle order gave a much needed boost with a dominating 122 off 100balls (9fours, 5sixes) taking the team total to a very healthy score of 528/10 in 89.1 overs. Trailing a 500+ score in the finals is always difficult but DY Patil’s two most reliable young horses and run machines Shashank Singh and Shubham Ranjane brought the ship back to sailing from 17/2 to 348/3 stitching a massive 331run stand. While Shashank scored an impressive 118 off 152balls (11fours, 2sixes), Shubham went on to convert his hundred into a really big score hitting 247* off 282balls anchoring the innings till the very end with 20fours and 4sixes. Both these boys keep on showing the class they possess and IPL definitely seems to have missed out on these two young turks who are scoring heavily.
Shubham’s fantastic double ton took the team total to 502/8 before they declared their innings and Parsee Gymkhana were again all out for 204 in 2nd innings with a total lead of 230runs which DY Patil chased down successfully in 33.4overs with Shashank and Iqbal Abdullah scoring half centuries.
DY Patil won the finals by 3wkts and lift the prestigious title on the back of excellent team perfomance. The finals was a match to behold with both the sides giving their best with some great performances by Akarshit, Bravish, Shashank, Iqbal Abdullah and Pravin Tambe but it was definitely the highest run getter of the tournament Shubham Ranjane stealing the show!
The Format was-90-90 overs in 1st innings & 40:40 overs in the 2nd innings
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Played at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana at Kandivali, two really promising young teams-Ravi Shastri XI and Rohit Sharma XI of U23 groups clashed against each other where in Ravi Shastri’s boys won the toss and elected to bat first on a track which had good support for the batsman.
Their decision to bat first seemed to have fallen flat with Ravi Shastri XI getting bundled out for 188runs in 58.2 overs. Most of the batsmen failed to convert their starts with Chinmay Sutar being the top scored with 41runs. From the bowlers-Kartik Mishra bowled a superb spell of 5/54 in 13.2 overs as he kept on bowling consistently well in the right areas while also extracted a good spin from the wicket. Apart from him Amit Mishra bagged 2wkts. U/23 Rohit Sharma XI were given a equal fight as they were all out for 177runs with their opener Hardik Tamore top scoring with 66 while the rest of the batting collapsed on the back of Vedant Khambe’s terrific bowling spell of 6/55 in 15.2 overs. Vedant bowled in the right areas and foxed the batsman successfully with his wily spin.
Ravi Shastri Boys again collapsed in the 2nd innings and this time for just 145runs all out as spinner Kartik Mishra bamboozled the batsman with his wily spin. Kartik foxed the batsman with his smart bowling he took another 7wkts in the 2nd innings taking his tally of wickets to 12 in the match. Rohit Sharma XI chased down the score comfortably with Utkarsh Raut (46*) and Siddarth Akre (36*) remaining unbeaten helping their team win the match by 7wkts.
It was a dominating show by U/23 Rohit Sharma players while Kartik Mishra stood out as the best performer with 5wkt hauls in both the innings.
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Played at the PJ Hindu Gymkhana, It was the all important finals between CCI and PJ Hindu Gymkhana. Both the teams have good depth and they have performed thoroughly well throughout the tournament and hence an intense competition was bound to happen.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana who have a good batting line up elected to bat first and notched up 177/9 in 20 overs which is a really healthy score to defend in T20’s. The openers Madhav Kotak(26) and Suhel Mistry(37) gave a solid start at the top of the order while Dwij Adhwaryu at the lower middle order gave the finishing touch reminding us of Abdul Razzaq of Pakistan who used to bat like this in the One Dayers. Dwij scored an unbeaten 34* off 18balls smashing 5fours and pushing the team total to 177/7 in 20overs. From the bowlers, Minesh Shah was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/35 in 4 overs.
Chasing 178 and that too in the finals of any T20 Tournament is a very pressureful task. The pressure is definitely more on the batsman than the bowlers and CCI despite Raj Khandwala’s brilliant 25ball 66 fell short of 19runs as the rest of the batsmen failed to give him adequate support and convert their scores into something big. The bowlers bowled really well at the death with Paresh Shah bowling a match winning spell of 4/19 in 4overs with a wicket while all-rounder Dwij Adhwaryu also chipping in with 2wkts making it a all-round perfomance.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana win the finals and lift the trophy of the prestigious Gannon Dunkerley T20 Tournament ’18 with excellent team perfomance throughout the season.
Best batsmen- Suhel Mistry (PJ Hindu Gymkhana)
Best bowler- Paresh shah(PJ Hindu Gymkhana)
Most valuable player- Vishal shah (Osians CC)
Man of the match in the finals Dwij Adhvaryu (PJ Hindu Gymkhana)
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Sweating it out on uneven pitches in Mumbai under intense heat is always difficult. In a T20, a bowler gets only 24balls to prove himself unlike a batsman who can dodge the tough bowlers and face as many deliveries he wants. In the longer formats a bowler grinds hard with long bowling spells to churn out results. Hence, bowling consistently well is very hard and requires a lot of practice and accuracy.
Here are the top 5 bowling spells in April 2018 which stood out in Mumbai Cricket.
Joint 5th- Harmeet Singh (SLA)- 8/129, Times Shield, Played for Air India Sports Club at Sachin Tendulkar Gymhana
Even though his team lost the semi-finals against the powerful DY Patil Team. Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh won the hearts of many with his hard fought and passionate bowling spell where he grinded hard under a powerful batting line up taking 8/129 in 29.4overs. Harmeet just kept on bowling with focus and accuracy and it helped him scalp 8 of the 10 high profile batsman of DY Patil. Indeed a great spell Harmeet!
5th-Parag Patil (SLA)-5/32, Kanga Knockout Tournament ’18 at Oval Maidan
Played at the Oval Maidan, Friends SC and Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation took on each other wherein Friends CC won the toss and elected to field first. Made to bat first, Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation were restricted to 179runs all out in34.2 overs which is surely not the biggest of totals to defend.
Defending a low total of 180, the pressure was more on Dilip Vengsarkar boys but they defended the total very well as they bundled out Friends SC to 133/all out in 33.4 overs. Left- arm spinner Parag Patil was the pick of the bowlers as he came up with a match winning spell of 5/32 in 8.4 overs. Parag was bowling at good line and length and gave crucial breakthroughs while Prathamesh Goad who missed out on hat-trick was also impressive with the ball. Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation won the match by 46runs on the back of Parag Patil’s impressive perfomance.
4th-Prithvi Khakkar (RAM)-5/26, Times Shield, HT Media vs Mumbai Fire Brigade at Cross Maidan
HT Media team were in quite a trouble as they were bundled out for mere 158runs batting first. Defending such a low total, all-rounder Prithvi Khakhar ripped apart through Mumbai Fire Brigade’s top order taking 5/26 in 9overs. Prithvi bowled really tight with perfect accuracy as he got 2 catches in the slip cordon in the 5 wickets that he took while one was clean bowled unsettling the opposition.
Mumbai Fire Brigade were all-out for 68runs in 19.4overs on the back of his brilliant fifer as HT Media clinched a thumping win by 90runs.
3rd- Jairaj Bisht (RAF)- 5/23, Kanga Knockout Tournament ’18, Cross Maidan
Played between Gamdevi Cricketers and Khandala CC, Gamdevi boys winning the toss batted first notching up a healthy total of 277 in 45 overs. Chasing 278, Khandala CC were in for a shock as Jairaj Bisht wrecked havoc over the opposition with his tearaway fast bowling. Both the bowlers took on the Khandala batsman with pure dominance as Khandala team got all out for 132runs. Fast bowler Jairaj Bisht bowled really well coming up with match winning bowling figures of 5/23 in 6overs as he bowled in bowled at great line and length which fetched results for him as well as his team.
Vijay Singh (SLA)- 6/27, Kanga Knockout Tournament ’18 at Sassanian CC
Played between SF Sassanian Cricket Club and Kshatriya Union Club at the Sassanian CC ground, Sassanian boys won the toss and elected to bat first on their home turf with an aim of making a big total.
However, SF Sassanian SC were in for a shock as they were bundled out for mere 86runs all out in 32.4 overs. The major reason for their batting collapse on their own homepitch was Kshatriya’s talented left arm spinner Vijay Singh who castled the batsman with his wily spin. Vijay Singh came up with a match winning bowling spell taking 6/27 in 9 overs with 2maidens striking in almost every over. Vijay bowled at extremely good line and length which helped hiM take wickets at regular intervals.
It was on the back of his good bowling, his team Kshatriya Unuin Club chased it down and won the match easily by 5wkts.
AND FINALLY THE NO.1
Shoaib Sayyed (OB)- 5/11, Milan T20 Tournament ’18 at Karnatak Cross Maidan
Well giving away only 11runs in a t20 game in a spell of 4overs is always difficult. More than that giving 11runs and also taking 5wkts is something only a genuinely focused and a talented bowled can achieve.
Played at the Karnatak Cross Maidan, two really promising teams namely Orange and Lintas took on each other where in Lintas won the toss and elected to bat first on a track which had due for the bowlers.
Lintas batting first were in for a shock as they were reduced to a paltry score of 89runs all out in
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Played at the Sri Ma Vidyalaya Ground, two promising teams namely Saraswati XI and Sri Ma Balniketan XI took on each other with Sri Ma XI winning the toss and electing to bowl first on a dicey track.
Their decision to bowl first seem to be spot on as Saraswati boys were all out for mere 81runs in 20 overs on the back of some really tight bowling. Not a single batsman managed to make much of an impact as the bowlers did not give room for them to settle in. Even though all the bowlers bowled really well, Atharva Pawar was particularly impressive with the ball taking 3/8 in 4 overs.
Chasing a paltry 82, Balkrishna opening the innings took care of the chase with his solid batting. Balkrishna Karmalkar went on to score a brisk 45* off 41balls laced with 6fours and a six as Sri Ma Vidyalaya won the match by 7wkts and 5.3 overs to spare while Balkrishna and Atharva stood out in the match with their brilliant individual performances cruising their team towards a comfortable win.
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